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National Center for Families Learning Free Resources

30 Days of Families Learning Together — NCFL’s guide provides a month’s worth of family literacy activities and practices designed to inspire family memories rooted in imagining, playing, and learning together. Go to30days.familieslearning.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/NCFL30Days.pdf.

Cultivating Readers — This parent-friendly magazine, provides effective and easy strategies for promoting reading throughout a child’s early years. The magazine is available in English/Spanish and includes a monthly calendar of activities to do with your child. Download a free copy at familieslearning.org/our-solutions/cultivating-readers.html.

En Camino — With the support of the MetLife Foundation, NCFL created comprehensive online resources that support families’ aspirations for education and help create strong transition partnerships between programs and postsecondary educational institutions. This online program, On Our Way: Educational Toolkit for Families, is available in English and Spanish at familieslearning.org/flash/myfamilygoestocollege/pdf/15964-NCFL-OnOurWay328.pdf. Additional support materials are also available online.

Explore the Literacy House — Explore the rooms of our Literacy House, and see how simple it is to help your child learn through daily activities using everyday household items. Go to familieslearning.org/onlineactivities/house/swf/index.htm.

Family Time Machine™ — Supported by Toyota and fueled by a family’s imagination, Family Time Machine turns a family’s moments of togetherness into family time by learning, imagining, and playing. The Family Time Machine helps make the most of those moments by inspiring everyone to learn together with fun activities. Go to familytimemachine.com.

Find the Flags — Can you find all the flags in this city? Search for the 25 American flags. Go to familieslearning.org/interactive_tools/find_the_flag.

Foto-novelas — Parents + Schools = Successful Children/Padres + Escuelas = Niños Exitosos are bilingual products generously funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. The two bilingual foto-novelas for parents –“Get Involved!” (¡Involúcrate!) /“Reading at Home” (Lectura en el hogar) – are complemented by Web-based flash movies (audio in English and Spanish) at familieslearning.org/interactive_tools/foto_novelas.

Healthy Family Habits — Online resources and ideas for families seeking to extend healthy habits into their homes. All resources are available in English and Spanish, and everything is available free-of-charge.Go to familieslearning.org/health/.

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How Would You Feel? — Explore the civil rights movement by participating in this virtual sit-in and think about how it feels to be in someone else’s shoes. Go to familieslearning.org/onlineactivities/sit-in/swf/index.htm.

National Literacy Directory (NLD) — Designed to help individuals find local literacy and education programs and GED testing centers in their areas. Launched with funding from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, NLD contains over 10,000 educational agencies located across the United States. Go to nationalliteracydirectory.org.

Renegade Buggies — A dynamic endless runner game with a financial literacy curriculum at its core. Grab items from your shopping list and collect coins and coupons every chance you get. But beware of obstacles, because they’re all around you! After crossing the finish line, check out, making sure to choose the item with the best bang for its buck. Choose carefully, because the goal is to save as much money as you can. Go to renegadebuggies.familieslearning.org/.

Toyota Family Trails — NCFL and Toyota believe your family is the best teacher your child will ever have - and the world around you the ultimate classroom. At Family Trails, we’ve collected stories of real families learning together through adventure to inspire your own family’s journeys and reflections. Join the growing conversation by tagging your own favorite family moments with the #FamilyTrails hashtag on Instagram. Go to familytrails.com/.

What Works: It Takes Just a Minute posters — These posters cover the basics of what parents can do every day to support talking and reading with their kids. Read With Your Child and Talk With Your Child are both available with Spanish on one side and English on the other. Download a free copy at familieslearning.org/interactive_tools/what_works.

Wonderopolis® — A place where parents and teachers nurture a brighter world for children through discovery, creativity, learning, and imagination, and with support from Deltal Dental offers families and teachers a new Wonder of the Day® every day. Each Wonder of the Day connects engaging informational text to content areas across the curriculum. Go to wonderopolis.org.

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Interactive Tools: A Day at Dollar General: Learn While Shopping Interactive Game—NCFL and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation have teamed up to educate families The online interactive game makes it fun and educational for both children and parents to learn basic budgeting skills.

familieslearning.org/interactive-tools.htm

Activities: Tips to Make Learning Part of Your Daily Routine, Back to School Tips, 10 Tips for Counteracting the Effects of Budget Cuts, Valentine’s Day Tips, Tips for Teaching with Technology, Summer Fun Tips.

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Family Resources: When Children Face Disaster: The Role of Literacy—These tips help parents and teachers engage children in language and literacy activities that allow children to express their emotions and develop coping skills.

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Parent Involvement•All Your Parents = AYP• Building Literacy into Your Parent Education

Curriculum• Partnering with Families for Student Success •Elementary Parent Workshops to Go •Preschool Parent Workshops to Go

English Language Learners• Hispanic Parent Involvement: Tools for Effective

Planning and Engagement (Foto Novelas – Bilingual Resource)

• How to Make Connections: A Look at Culture and Diversity in the Adult ESL Classroom

• Parenting for Academic Success: A Curriculum for Families Learning English

• Talking About Wordless Picture Books: A Tutor Strategy Supporting English Language Learners

• Families Reading and Talking Together (Bilingual Resource)

Children’s Education• Children’s Literacy — Preschool (or Infants/

Toddlers)• Read Together, Reach for the Stars:

Dialogic Reading• Talk, Talk, Talk: Oral Language/Shared Reading• What Works for Early Language and Emergent

Literacy Instruction

Family Literacy and Learning•Foundations in Family Literacy/Learning •Collaborating for Component Integration•Sustaining Your Literacy Program • Sweet Spot of Family Literacy: Parent Time and

Parent and Child Together (PACT) Time® for Preschool Families

• Meaningful Learning in Parent Time and Parent and Child Together (PACT) Time® for Preschool Families and the Elementary Grades

•Health and Financial Literacy

Facilitated Online Courses• Understanding the College and Career Readiness

Standards for Adult Education • Assessment to Instruction • Effective Instructional Strategies• Effective Lesson Planning• Assessment to Instruction for ESL Instructors• Effective Adult ESL Classrooms• ESL Transitions • Incorporating CASAS Competencies and

Standards in ESL Instruction• Read Together, Reach for the Stars:

Dialogic Reading• Employability Skills in the Contextualized

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Adult Education• Adult Reading: Assessment Informs Instruction • Building Fluency and Comprehension for

Adult Readers • Building Vocabulary and Comprehension for

Adult Readers • Understanding the College and Career Readiness

Standards for Adult Education• Research-Based Strategies for Adult Reading

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Customized Professional Development• Leadership Consultation• Coaching• Literacy Coalition Building• Curriculum Writing

Professional Developmentfor Two Generations

NCFL offers a range of professional development trainings to support learning and literacy practitioners across the educational spectrum. Contact us for full descriptions, training objectives, agendas, and cost estimates to bring training to your school, district, or community.

To send an information request to NCFL’s training department, email delder@familieslearning.org or call Donna Elder at 502-584-1133 ext. 143.

325 West Main St., Suite 300, Louisville, KY 40202 502-584-1133•familieslearning.org